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Crop lodging due to unseasonal rains affects paddy farmers in Mayiladuthurai and Nagapattinam • Jan. 20, 2025, 4:28 AM ET (The Hindu)
Nagapattinam to host district youth parliament competition to focus on women empowerment • Jan. 11, 2025, 11:41 PM ET (The Hindu)
College students express their ideas to save sea turtle at sand art competition in Nagapattinam • Jan. 11, 2025, 11:41 PM ET (The Hindu)
Advocates protest in Nagapattinam, demand special law • Jan. 6, 2025, 6:20 AM ET (The Hindu)

Nagapattinam, port city, east-central Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India. It lies on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, about 250 miles (400 km) south of Chennai (Madras). The city was an ancient port known to have traded with Europe in Greek and Roman times before it became a Portuguese and later a Dutch colony. Its influence declined with the growth of Chennai. Economic activity includes ship repair, fishing, steel rolling, and the manufacture of metal goods. Tourism has also become important in the region. In December 2004 a large tsunami in the Indian Ocean generated by an undersea ...(100 of 160 words)

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